Monday, April 08, 2013

There were many things to appreciate about the first woman Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher ; her humility , her desire to bring the basics back to economic management . her passion to do what's right .Her desire to follow through; She was a giant in a world full of wimps

For many of us while personal strength is important , the strength of partnerships is more important . We are built to build households ecos To work together .
The traditional view is that when women have to lead in the house , the men are not leading enough . This is, not that we don't need strong women ; but the best partnership is when we have strong men and women together . Emotion is important but we need reason to build with it .
The danger then with passion alone then is that unless you really do know what to change, you may do more damage to our society and democracy than you realize You may even, by bad targeting kill the wrong things, and leave the disease to grow .
People can even exploit your passion to get you to do things they want but you to do. If you are wise , you will ask around and take time to think about it.Whether you area a man or a woman you can benefit from the objective friendship of another .
Both Thatcher and Kennett tried to reign in the bureau ,
but its bigger than ever ( esp if you look at the fund manager bureaucracy )

Myself and Anthony Jay worked in the bureau - we tried to help the ignorant on both sides make better public good decisions, but they and their angel like followers decided that business knows best - it clearly doesn't know as much as we would like, and its not broad --so western democracies are up the creek without a paddle;They ignore the basics on the ground (picture of the tiles in Victorian House of Parliament)
The best advice I could give is no more than is written there .